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Oxford, Oxfordshire [906]

Oxford [557]

Oxford England [162]

Oxford, Suffolk [16]

Headington, Oxford [11]

Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [10]

Oxford, Nova Scotia [7]

Oxford ENGLAND [6]

Summertown, Oxford, Oxfordshire [6]

Banbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire [5]

Oxford, Berkshire [5]

Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire [5]

Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Osney, Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Oxford Street, London [4]

Oxford, England [4]

Cowley St John, Oxford [3]

Iffley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Near Oxford [3]

Oxford,Oxfordshire [3]

Thame, Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

105 Magdelen Rd, Oxford [2]

6 Luther St, Oxford [2]

Bicester, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Bloxham, Oxford [2]

Burford, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Charlbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Chipping Norton, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Deddington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

East Nissouri, Oxford County, Ontario [2]

Garsington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Horspath, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario [2]

Kirtlington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Oxford County, Ontario [2]

Oxford New South Wales [2]

Oxford, Canterbury [2]

Stanton Harcourt, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Tetsworth, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Trinity Street, Oxford [2]

Wheatley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Wolvercote, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

32 Albert St, Oxford [1]

43 New Street, St Ebbe’s, Oxford [1]

92 Oxford Gardens, London [1]

Abingdon, Oxford [1]

Aston, Oxford, Oxfordshire [1]

Bampton, Oxford [1]

Rank

Private [135]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Lieutenant [18]

Captain [17]

Serjeant [17]

Able Seaman [15]

Corporal [15]

Lance Corporal [14]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Gunner [10]

Driver [7]

Major [7]

Leading Seaman [6]

Nursing Sister [6]

Rifleman [6]

Sapper [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Sergeant [4]

Signalman [4]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Midshipman [2]

Musician [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Temporary Chaplain [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [30]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Royal Engineers [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Canadian Field Artillery [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Queen Mary [3]

HMS TIPPERARY [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

HMS AMBUSCADE [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS BOADICEA [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Otago Infantry Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [943]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [550]

British Army [228]

Australian Imperial Force [177]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [225]

H [214]

C [180]

S [179]

W [167]

P [143]

M [115]

T [99]

G [98]

R [68]

A [67]

L [64]

D [57]

J [57]

F [52]

N [48]

K [36]

E [30]

O [13]

I [7]

V [5]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1908]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [124]

Canada [3]

New Zealand [3]

Ireland [2]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Oxford, Oxfordshire [906] Oxford [557] Oxford England [162] Oxford, Suffolk [16] Headington, Oxford [11] Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [10] Oxford, Nova Scotia [7] Oxford ENGLAND [6] Summertown, Oxford, Oxfordshire [6] Banbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire [5] Oxford, Berkshire [5] Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire [5] Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Osney, Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Oxford Street, London [4] Oxford, England [4] Cowley St John, Oxford [3] Iffley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Near Oxford [3] Oxford,Oxfordshire [3] Thame, Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] 105 Magdelen Rd, Oxford [2] 6 Luther St, Oxford [2] Bicester, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Bloxham, Oxford [2] Burford, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Charlbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Chipping Norton, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Deddington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] East Nissouri, Oxford County, Ontario [2] Garsington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Horspath, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario [2] Kirtlington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Oxford County, Ontario [2] Oxford New South Wales [2] Oxford, Canterbury [2] Stanton Harcourt, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Tetsworth, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Trinity Street, Oxford [2] Wheatley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Wolvercote, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] 32 Albert St, Oxford [1] 43 New Street, St Ebbe’s, Oxford [1] 92 Oxford Gardens, London [1] Abingdon, Oxford [1] Aston, Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Bampton, Oxford [1]

Rank

Private [135] Second Lieutenant [20] Lieutenant [18] Captain [17] Serjeant [17] Able Seaman [15] Corporal [15] Lance Corporal [14] Stoker 1st Class [12] Gunner [10] Driver [7] Major [7] Leading Seaman [6] Nursing Sister [6] Rifleman [6] Sapper [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Petty Officer [4] Sergeant [4] Signalman [4] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Brevet Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Signalman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Midshipman [2] Musician [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Pioneer [2] Stoker [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Corporal [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Temporary Chaplain [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [30] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16] London Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Canadian Infantry [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Royal Engineers [10] Army Service Corps [8] Canadian Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Labour Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Canadian Field Artillery [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Queen Mary [3] HMS TIPPERARY [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] HMS AMBUSCADE [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS BOADICEA [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Otago Infantry Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [943] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [550] British Army [228] Australian Imperial Force [177] Canadian Expeditionary Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [225] H [214] C [180] S [179] W [167] P [143] M [115] T [99] G [98] R [68] A [67] L [64] D [57] J [57] F [52] N [48] K [36] E [30] O [13] I [7] V [5] Y [3] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1908] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [124] Canada [3] New Zealand [3] Ireland [2] India [1]

Marguerite Gertrude Woodcock

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19911 Member WRAF 44th Training Depot Station

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Alexander J Rennie

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3537 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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May Wedderburn Cannan

Born 1893

Died 1973

British Army Personel Mission Anglaise Paris

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Samuel Dallaway

Born 1882

Died 1954

British Army 6774 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army GS-69089 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Albert Edward Colmer

Died 1917

British Army 7535 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 3340 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 203284 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Edwin J Churchill

Born 1891

Died 1954

British Army 14837 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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Frederick George

Died 1916

British Army 9699 Private Army Cyclist Corps (10th Divisional Cyclist Coy)

British Army 20310 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 13th Bn.

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Henry J Musto

Born 1876

Died 1953

British Army 15574 Serjeant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Ronald Henry Sampson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 197568 Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Lionel Harry Prickett

Born 1876

Died 1927

Canadian Expeditionary Force 73547

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George Albert Moxey Pratt

Born 1894

Died 1920

Royal Navy J12015

Royal Navy J/12015 Petty Officer H.M.S. " Victory."

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Albert William Matthews

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy 16141 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16141 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Harry Rowland Lane

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS110260 Stoker 1st class HMS Indefatigable

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Arthur Beach Hatt

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Harry Reginald Annis

Born 1880

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28286

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Ernest Jesse Mapson

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2793 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 200715 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Edward Arthur Fanshawe

Born 1860

Died 1952

British Army Major General /Temporary Lieutenant General Staff

British Army Lieutenant General Staff

British Army Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery

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Albert Frederick Hastings

Born 1897

Died 1978

British Army 47908 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army S/408610 Private Army Service Corps

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Richard Francis Montague Buller

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Major Middlesex Regiment

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Robert Arthur Bowler

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 300 Lance Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

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